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Emilio De Bono
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“Listen: if there is war down there— and if you think me worthy of it, and capable —you ought to grant me the honor of conducting the campaign. Surely, you don't think me too old?”
Emilio De Bono (1866–1944) said by 1944 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: To Mussolini. Quoted in "Lion by the tail: the story of the Italian-Ethiopian War" - Page 32 - by Thomas M. Coffey - History - 1974
“If you know anything, deny, deny, deny. I want to save Fascism.”
Emilio De Bono (1866–1944) first seen 1932 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: To Dumini. Quoted in "The Terror in Europe" - Page 223 - by Hubert Hessell Tiltman - 1932
“Forgive me, that was the soldier speaking. Now this is the man speaking again. And the man is more than the soldier. I can bear anything. Death is a more solemn thing than all the earthly trash.”
Emilio De Bono (1866–1944) said by 1944 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in "Mussolini: Twilight and Fall" - Page 129 - by Roman Dąbrowski - Italy - 1956
“This was a great reward for us. We had not had the good fortune to meet the enemy in force.”
Emilio De Bono (1866–1944) first seen 1935 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in "The Civilizing Mission: A History of the Italo-Ethiopian War of 1935-1936" - Page 172 - by A. J. Barker - 1968
“We look on seriously, but serenely.”
Emilio De Bono (1866–1944) first seen 1935 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in "The Hammond Times" - Newspaper article - November 2, 1935, Hammond, Indiana